Hinge for traveling-bags



(No Model.)

0. REINISOH. HINGE FOR TRAVELING BAGS, 680. No. 3 85.188 Patented June y3 WITNESSES: Ely-13 INVENTORI I I CJtuzfZS @erlnisch, M I WW ATTYS.

N. Pains Philly-Lithographer, Wilmington. n. c.

TNITE STATES PATENT OEFrcE.

oHA LEs REINIscH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERsEY.

HINGE FOR TRAVELING-BAGS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,138, dated June 26,1888.

Application filed November 12, 1887. Serial No. 254354. (No model.)

r pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and

to letters of reference marked thereon, which,

form a part of this specification.

The purpose of thisinvention is to secure a r strong and serviceablehinge adapted to be used for bag-frames and a variety of other purposes,and further to provide an automatically-operating device at the joint ofsaid hinge, whereby the same may be locked in any desired position,whether entirely open or closed or at any intermediate point.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which similar letters ofrefcrenceindicate cor responding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 isa plan View of my improved hinge and locking device as used on anEnglish frame, a portion of which is shown in an open position. Fig. 2is a similar View of the hinge and locking device detached from theframe and 0 enlarged, the lockin g device being in its locked position.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the parts in an unlockedposition. Fig. 4 is also a plan view of my improved hinge, but partly insection; and Fig. 5 is a ver- 5 tical section taken through :0, Fig. 3.Figs.

6 and 7 are plan views of the invention in a" locked and unlockedposition, respectively. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the device shownin Fig. 6. Figs. 9 and 10 are plan views of a 0 slightly-modifiedconstruction, the latter view being partly in section. Figs. 11 and 12are plan views in a locked and unlocked position, respectively, in whichthe elasticity of the frame is utilized to hold the joint in its 5locked position; and Fig. 13 is aside elevation of said lastdescribedviews.

The invention set forth in the above-described views, as applied to bagsor satchels, is in itself a complete joint, and in addition thereto isan automatically-acting locking device, which, when the mouthof the bagis opened, prevents the closing of the bag until the locking device isreleased. The device is further adapted and designed to lock the jointwhen the bag is closed, and when in this position prevents the openingof the bag until unlocked.

In said drawings are shown several methods of carrying out my invention.

As indicated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the hinge consists ofthejointed portions a and b, which are adapted to be riveted orotherwise secured to the ends ofthe opposite framesections,A and B,ofthe bag. In lieu of the fixed rivet or pin usually employed to connectthe hinged portions of the joint together I use, according to theconstruction shown in said figures-via, Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive-asliding pin or rivet, c, which moves reciprocally in the direction ofits length within and through a chamber, a, in the hinged portion a, ofthe joint, and between a shoulder, c, on the pin and the bottom of thechamber a, and around the portion a" of the pin or rivet is arranged aspiral spring, (I, which acts to hold the detentplate 0 on one end ofthe pin against the end of the'perforated portion of the part b of thehinge. As thus constructed, the hinged portion-a is provided with theportion a, which projects into the perforated end of the portion b ofthe hinge and forms a journal on which said portion 1) turns.

On the detect-plate c is provided a detent or projection, c, which, whenthe parts are in theirlocked position, projects into or engages with astop or recess, 1), in the perforated end of the portion 1) of thehinge, substantially as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The normal tendencyof the spring (I is to force the detent 0 into the stop I), and when thedetent is forced out of the stop by pressure applied against thefinger-piece c to permit the hinge to be bent the said spring forces thedetent into the stop, when they are returned again in line. In Fig. 2the locked position of the detent and stop is shown, while in Fig. 3 isillustrated the disengaged position of the same,in which the portions atand b of the hinge are free to-be turned at any desired angle.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 is illustrated a slightlydifferent arrangement ofthe detent and stop, in which, instead of a recessed stop, a flatsurface, If, is provided on the portion 11 of the hinge, and the detent,instead of projecting ICO from the inner face of the plate c,juts outfrom the edge and face of said plate, as is shown more clearly in Fig.7. The pin or rivet c is not intended to turn around, but to turnwiththe portion a of the hinge, and has an independent longitudinal andreciprocal movement only. To cause the said pin or rivet to turn withthe portion a of the hinge, and at the same time to move freely in thedirection of its length, I have devised several constructions, which areshown in the drawings.

In Figs. 1 to 8, inclusive, is illustrated a form in which a pin, e,projects from the finger-piece into a recess, a, in the hinge portion a,both of which are of the proper length to admit of sufficientlongitudinal movement of the rivet 0 without the pin 6 withdrawingentirely from the recess e As constructed according to Figs. 9 and '10,a pin, e, on the rivet 0 projects into a slot, (1*, opening into thechamber a,and accomplishes the same result.

In lieu of either of these constructions the pin or rivet 0 may beangular in cross-section and the chamber asimilarly formed to receivethe same.

In Figs. 11, 12, and 13 is illustrated a coni struction in which therivet c is rigidly secured to the end of the portion 1) of the hinge andslides through the portion a and the detent and stop are formed on theinner and contiguous faces of the portions a and b of the hinge. As thusmade, the elasticity of the frame itself holds the stop and detent inlooking engagement, as in Fig. 11, and the disengagement thereof iseffected by pressing upon or against the finger-piece 0 as indicated inFig. 12, which throws the portions a and b of the joint, and also theframe-sections to which they are secured, out of line, and therebycauses the same'to exert a pressure at the joint which, when the detentand stop are turned seats to be in line, throws the same into lockingengagement.

As will be understood, the hinge-locking device may be arranged with thefinger-piece 0 either on the outside of the frame and bag, as shown inFig. 1, or on the inside of the bag, and when constructed and designedto be used to hold open the mouth of the bag is preferably so arranged;but when the locking device is so constructed and intended to lock thejoint when the bag is closed as well as when opened, the same isoperated from without the bag, the finger-piece being placed on theoutside thereof.

When the hinge is intended to be locked when the bag is closed as wellas when opened,

. a second recess or sto ,b is rovided diametrically opposite to thatwhich is used to lock the joint when the bag is opened-that is to say,the second stop or recess is so placed that when the hinge is bent tothat position which it assumes when the bag is closed the detent entersinto holding engagement therewith. It will be understood that therelative or independent position of either or both of said stops orrecesses may be varied accordin to the de gree to which themouth of thebag is held open.

The portion of a bag-frame shown in the drawings is that of what isknown as an English frame, in which the parts lettered A and B'thebendsare held at a distance from the portions or hoop-irons A and B.This con struction necessitates an elongation of the pin a when thelocking device is operated from without the bag, as shown in-Fig. 7.

I am aware that many changes may be made from those constructions whichhave been described and illustrated-as, for instance, the position ofthe stop and detent may be reversed, and, also, the arrangement and kindof spring employed may be varied where an independent spring is used.

While I have shown the hinge-locking device in connection with anEnglish frame, still it may and is designed to be used with the ordinarysheet-iron bag-frame,or with any frame, or, in fact, with any hingewhich it is desirable to lock to prevent the opening or closingthereof,whetl1er applied to a bag or any other purposeas, for instance,doors, desk-lids, trunks, 850.

The hinge may be secured to the upper side of the hoop-irons A and B, asshown in Fig. 1, or to the under side thereof, with the jointed portionof the hinge projecting up between the ends of the hoopirons, as will bereadily understood.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to claim the following:

1. A bag-hinge consisting of the portion a, provided with a chamber, a,and a journal, a at the joint, the portion 1), encircling saidjournaland provided with a stop thereon, a locking-pin moving reciprocallythrough the chamber a and having a detent thereon which engages with thestop on the portion b, and a spring arranged and operating to cause theholding engagement of the said stop and detent, for the purposes setforth.

2. The combination, with the frame-sections of a bag, of a hingetherefor consisting of the plates or portions a and b, secured to saidframe-sections, said portion at having a chamber, a, and ajournal, 11the end of the plate b being perforated to receive and turn on saidjournal, and also provided with a recess or stop,b, aspring-actuatedlocking-pin arranged and moving within and through the chamber a andprovided with a lug thereon which engages with the recess or stop I),and a locking device whereby the said locking-pin is prevented fromturning within the chamber a,

but permits the same to move reciprocally therein, for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination, with a bag-frame, of a bag-hinge consisting of theplates or portions a and b, adapted to be secured to said frame, saidportion a having a chamber, a, and a journal, cf, the portion 1)encircling said journal and provided with a stop thereon, a looking pinarranged and sliding reciprocally IIO through said chamber and alsoprojecting and In testimony that I claim the invention set to movingthrough the sides of the bag-frame, for forth above I have hereunto setmy hand this the purposesset forth, said looking-pin being 10th day ofNovember, 1887. provided on one end with a plate, 0 having 5 a stopthereon, and a finger-piece, 0 on the CHARLES REINISOH. opposite end 011the outside of the bag-frame,

and a spring arranged and operating to cause Witnesses: r the automaticholding engagement of said stop FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, and detent, as setforth. 1 FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL.

